Patient Safety, Professionalization, and Reimbursement as Primary Drivers for National Medical Interpreter Certification in the United States
In a medical setting, interpretation by unskilled bilingual individuals can have serious repercussions when it results in a lower standard of care for minority-language patients. In order to address the issue and to help ensure that competent interpreters are recognized and compensated for their ski...
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| Language: | English |
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Western Sydney University
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/233/113 |